Prelims

Sports quiz for NSC

1.The bend shown is known as Tamburello Corner.

This track and grandprix was instrumental in increased emphasis on safety in the sport and the changing of many track layouts and car designs.

Which track are we talking about and what had happened.

2.X was a FIFA referee in the World Cup qualifier between El Salvador and the Netherlands Antilles in 1988. Soon after this, X had to retire from football refereeing because the FIFA age limit for referees was lowered to 45. However, this allowed him to start his career as a cricket umpire. Who?

3.ID.

4.Heather McKay is arguably the greatest woman exponent of which sport?She won the British Open in her sport 16 consecutive times.

5.He is nicknamed "El Maestro" (The Master). He won 5 Formula One driver's championship with 4 different team. His record was unbeaten for 46 years!

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6.The 2006 World Cup group match between Croatia and Australia (2-2) is remembered for an infamous refereeing blunder. The incident includes English referee Graham Poll and the Croatian Simunic. What exactly happened?

7.Referring to X’s lesbianism on the eve of their  final, Hingis told reporters, "She's here with her girlfriend. She's half a man already.”ID X.

8.For two consecutive years 1988 and 1989, all the players in top 3 of the Ballon d’Or voting came from the same club, a feat unparalleled in history. Which club?

9.Amongst ICC sanctioned tests, which team has the lowest win percentage in all test matches played?

10.Cricket was first played in the Olympics in 1900. England won the gold, who won the silver?

11.Connect and ID the missing lady.

12."Now, y'all would guess that more often than not, the highest paid player on an NFL team is the quarterback. And you'd be right. But what you probably don't know is that more often than not, the second highest paid player is, thanks to Lawrence Taylor, a left tackle. Because, as every housewife knows, the first check you write is for the mortgage, but the second is for the insurance. The left tackle's job is to protect the quarterback from what he can't see coming. To protect his _____ ____."

13.Name the winner of the inaugural Bharat Ratna, who also went on to become the first sportsperson to receive the Padma Vibhushan.

14.What is this?

Come eh ehDo it eh eh

Where do you come from?Ana wam ah ah

Wait eh ehWait eh eh

Where do you come from?It's mine ah ah

15.This firm was appointed as the official tennis ball supplier to The Wimbledon Championships and, with the current deal set to end in 2015, it remains one of the longest unbroken sporting sponsorships in history. It is a British sports equipment brand name sold throughout the world. Which firm am I talking about?

16.Fill in the question marks.• Yuvraj Singh - Stuart Broad• Herchelle Gibbs - ?• Ravi Shastri - ?• Sir Garfield Sobers - Malcolm Nash

17.What is the term used for running out a batsman who is backing up?

Sometimes a batsman, whilst backing up, leaves the crease before the bowler has actually delivered the ball. Where this has happened, the bowler may attempt to run the non-striking batsman out. Getting a batsman out this way is called as

18.This particular player had an exceptional test record for his country, but a rather lackluster one in ODIs Numerologists blamed it on his sporting a number on his one day shirt. Due to continuous pressure from his family and friends, he started sporting a blank one day shirt with no number on it. And his fortunes in the shorter version changed since. Who?

Superbia in Proelia” translates to “Pride in Battle”. On which football team’s crest would you find this?

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20.Identify the kick

21.Identify the sport

22.What is blanked out?

What effect?

23.

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